Some things that didn’t qualify for a unique posting during the past week. The OS Quest Updates Full Feeds now really fully feeds. I’ve always used the setting for “full feeds” but due to a feature/bug in WordPress the articles were cut off whenever I used the <more> tag. (btw, that’s not the exact tag). Thanks to a WordPress plugin called Full Text Feed which fixes the problem. As an aside, the previous post was the 100th post. Parallels Technology Network (PTM) Tech.Blorge reports that Parallels has launched a free [...] Read the rest »
SiteUpTime – Web Site Monitoring
I came across SiteUpTime.com which does web site monitoring, as the name implies. They offer a free plan which I just signed up for to monitor The OS Quest. The free plan includes: 1 Monitor 30 or 60 minute check intervals 4 Monitoring Locations Email Alerts Monthly Reports Online Statistics Control Panel Web Server Monitoring (http) Email Server Monitoring (pop3) Email Server Monitoring (smtp) FTP Server Monitoring (ftp) Public Statistics There are some reguirements on the free account. You need to link to their site (I added a badge to [...] Read the rest »
Mozy Mac Backup Beta Goes Public
Mozy had begun the public beta of the MacMozy Backup and the client is now available for everyone to download from their home page. The version is 0.4.1.1 which is a new version for me. The previous version had failed to work for me in that backups would fail to complete and simply appear to hang up. If I rebooted the Mac this seemed to force Mozy to complete and record that fact. This problem has gone away for the latest version. I am very, very happy with the latest [...] Read the rest »
SanDisk Ultra II SD Card with USB
I’d heard about this gadget on the GizWiz podcast. It seemed like a great idea. A SD card that had a built in USB adapter which eliminates the need for a separate USB card reader. Seemed like a great idea to me and I can always use an SD card. Now that I have the card I’m even more impressed. When it’s flat it’s a regular SD card. I used it in my Nikon D50 without a problem since it works like a regular SD card. To plug it into [...] Read the rest »
Superduper!: Disk Cloning/Backup For Mac
I’d purchased and used Superduper! with my Mac Mini but when I moved to the iMac I stopped using it. I had used it as a cloner and I didn’t really want to do clones as my primary backup anymore (so I thought) so I switched to Apple Backup. Apple Backup has it’s falts (that’s a different story so see my Apple Backup post) so I decided to give Superduper! another spin for doing backups. I don’t remember if I ever used Superduper! on my iMac but it was already [...] Read the rest »
Mozy News Update
Mozy made the news this week by signing a big deal with GE. Both TechCrunch and the International Herald Tribune are reporting the story. Based on the stories GE will be using the MozyPro version of the software to back up 300,000 desktops. MozyPro is similar to the free consumer software but they add 24/7 support, server support and centralized administration. Mozy has 25 employees and they say they’ve signed up 3,000 companies since December. You can click the banner below to sign up for a free 2GB account. Currently [...] Read the rest »
Mozy Mac Beta Software Update
Mozy has released an update to their Mac client software which is still an early beta. The version gets bumped from 0.4.0.8 to 0.4.0.9. I’ve been having a problem with the software lately where files vanish from the server. Although it appears they actually get removed by the client since I see delete messages in the log. Sometimes they get backed up again at a later time although at the moment I’ve only got 341MB out of my 1.2GB backup on the server. I’m hoping this release fixes that. I [...] Read the rest »
Ubuntu 7.04 First Look
It’s finally time to take the new Ubuntu release out for a spin. As background – it’s been about 2 years since I’ve run any version of Linux except for a brief attempt to run Ubuntu 6 on my laptop. That doesn’t count since I spent all my time trying to get wireless working and went back to Windows XP when the effort out-weighted the reward. Based upong what I’ve read Ubuntu is the most popular linux distribution and it’s strong point is that it’s easy for a person to [...] Read the rest »
Windows Vista on Parallels
After my (eventually) successful Ubuntu install on Parallels I decided to try and continue my streak and install Vista. I had licenses for Ultimate and Business. Parallels doesn’t support the 3D Graphics needed for the Aero interface and Bitlocker disk encryption isn’t supported in a virtual environment so I won’t be able to see these features of Ultimate. But with Ultimate I’ll be able to see all the features available in the Home editions. Out of curiosity I went to Dell and found a machine that included Home Basic in [...] Read the rest »
Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) On Parallels
I had downloaded Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) last night in preparation for installing it tonight. I figured I’d get home and knock out the installation in short order. So I got home put on a pot of coffee and got to it. The good news is that by the second pot of coffee the install was actually running. The additional good news was I had a working installation by the time I was done. The bad news is it took so long I haven’t had a chance to try out [...] Read the rest »
